First Base Bury St Edmunds
Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 3–8 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
First Base Bury St Edmunds is an alternative provision school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 3–8 (academy alternative provision converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 3–8
- Council
- Suffolk
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils know that staff believe in them.”
- “Pupils usually respond positively to adults’ clear and patient guidance.”
- “Pupils develop the knowledge and skills to learn alongside their classmates.”
To improve
- “Recent staffing changes have resulted in a little unevenness in the delivery of this curriculum.”
- “Most pupils join the school lacking the confidence or phonic knowledge to read fluently.”
- “On occasion, adults are less clear and specific in what they expect of pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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